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Mansour to form committee in charge of constitutional amendments
Egypt
July 18, 2013
Mansour to form committee in charge of constitutional amendments
Awad Saleh, constitutional adviser to interim president Adly Mansour, said that the president, either Thursday or Friday, would issue a…
Orthodox Church signals objection to constitutional declaration
Egypt
July 12, 2013
Orthodox Church signals objection to constitutional declaration
The Orthodox Church submitted to the presidency on Friday a memorandum of legal objections to the recent constitutional declaration, a…
Newspaper: Egypt to curb constitutional court powers
Egypt
June 3, 2013
Newspaper: Egypt to curb constitutional court powers
The ruling regime in Egypt is preparing to restrict the powers of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), which, on Sunday, ruled…
Cabinet denies new committee amending Constitution
Egypt
April 11, 2013
Cabinet denies new committee amending Constitution
The government has not formed a committee to amend the Constitution, announced Cabinet spokesperson Alaa al-Hadidy on Thursday in response…
Deja vu: Egypt’s electoral laws marred by controversy
Egypt
February 28, 2013
Deja vu: Egypt’s electoral laws marred by controversy
In November 2010, two months before the 25 January revolution, rigging marred the country’s parliamentary elections, with the then-ruling and…
Update: SCC declares five articles of election law unconstitutional
Egypt
February 17, 2013
Update: SCC declares five articles of election law unconstitutional
The Supreme Constitutional Court rejected five articles of a draft election law on Monday and sent the text back to…
The Nubian issue is of both national and revolutionary importance
Egypt
February 5, 2013
The Nubian issue is of both national and revolutionary importance
The place is bustling, as it is most nights. And there is pretty much no one here who would have…
A Salafi way out?
Egypt
February 3, 2013
A Salafi way out?
After almost two months of ultimate solidarity with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafi Nour Party turned against its Islamist peers…
Final draft of NGO law sent to Cabinet
Egypt
January 31, 2013
Final draft of NGO law sent to Cabinet
The Insurance and Social Affairs Ministry has finished their daft of amendments to the Civil Institutions Act and sent…
HRW: Human rights abuses continue unabated under Morsy
Egypt
January 31, 2013
HRW: Human rights abuses continue unabated under Morsy
Human rights abuses have continued unabated since President Mohamed Morsy took office, the Human Rights Watch asserted in its yearly…